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Mambucaba is an historical village. Last beach of Angra dos Reis - RJ.

English (Translate this text in English): Mambucaba is an historical village. Last beach of Angra dos Reis - RJ.

English (Translate this text in English): Mambucaba is an historical village. Last beach of Angra dos Reis - RJ.

English (Translate this text in English): Mambucaba is an historical village. Last beach of Angra dos Reis - RJ.

DistanceTake a car

WalkInstant access (&lt; 5min)

Easy to find?Easy to find

Public access?Public access

Special accessDon't know

Surf Spot Characteristics

Alternative name Mambucaba

Surf Spot Quality

Wave qualityRegional Classic

ExperienceAll surfers

FrequencySometimes break

Wave

TypeSand-bar

DirectionRight and left

BottomSandy

PowerFun

Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)

Good day lengthLong (150 to 300 m)

Tide, Swell and Wind

Good swell directionSouthWest, SouthEast, East

Good wind directionNorth, NorthWest, West, East, NorthEast

Swell sizeStarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+

Best tide positionLow and mid tide

Best tide movementRising and falling tides

More details

Week crowdEmpty

Week-end crowdFew surfers

Webcam url

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Additional Information

Mambucaba is 3 hours away from Rio de janeiro, next to nuclear plant of Angra. Mambucaba is a rivermouth break, don´t forget it. The mambucaba river divides Angra dos Reis and Paraty. Perfects lefts and rights on each side of the sand bank formed on the river´s exit. Locals are not very friendly. Breaks few times an year. Needs to be over 1,5m to do it. Winds do not affect the performance because of the islands around that protect.

English (Translate this text in English): Mambucaba is 3 hours away from Rio de janeiro, next to nuclear plant of Angra. Mambucaba is a rivermouth break, don´t forget it. The mambucaba river divides Angra dos Reis and Paraty. Perfects lefts and rights on each side of the sand bank formed on the river´s exit. Locals are not very friendly. Breaks few times an year. Needs to be over 1,5m to do it. Winds do not affect the performance because of the islands around that protect.

English (Translate this text in English): Mambucaba is 3 hours away from Rio de janeiro, next to nuclear plant of Angra. Mambucaba is a rivermouth break, don´t forget it. The mambucaba river divides Angra dos Reis and Paraty. Perfects lefts and rights on each side of the sand bank formed on the river´s exit. Locals are not very friendly. Breaks few times an year. Needs to be over 1,5m to do it. Winds do not affect the performance because of the islands around that protect.

English (Translate this text in English): Mambucaba is 3 hours away from Rio de janeiro, next to nuclear plant of Angra. Mambucaba is a rivermouth break, don´t forget it. The mambucaba river divides Angra dos Reis and Paraty. Perfects lefts and rights on each side of the sand bank formed on the river´s exit. Locals are not very friendly. Breaks few times an year. Needs to be over 1,5m to do it. Winds do not affect the performance because of the islands around that protect.

Atmosphere

Historical village, many attractions beside the surf. Drinking water available near the camping.

English (Translate this text in English): Historical village, many attractions beside the surf. Drinking water available near the camping.

English (Translate this text in English): Historical village, many attractions beside the surf. Drinking water available near the camping.

English (Translate this text in English): Historical village, many attractions beside the surf. Drinking water available near the camping.

General

Needs to be over 2m in Rio de Janeiro to start breaking.

English (Translate this text in English): Needs to be over 2m in Rio de Janeiro to start breaking.

English (Translate this text in English): Needs to be over 2m in Rio de Janeiro to start breaking.

English (Translate this text in English): Needs to be over 2m in Rio de Janeiro to start breaking.

Comments

Souvenirs from the Seventies - I used to surf this place thirty years ago. It´s a small rivermouth near an old colonial little village at the bottom of a bay. It works well only when there´s a south swell big enough to penetrate the bay and through an island right in front of the spot. Then the lefthander works like a pointbreak with very long 4 to 6 feet perfect walls. The righthander is shorter, but more hollow and intense. The water is always cold, cause of the river, and the wind is very weak, because of the sorrounding hills covered with green forests. It´s a very beautiful place. But usually the surfs is good only when the weather is rainy and overcast, cause the south sweels bring cold and bad weather from the south pole with it. But who cares if you can ride world class waves? The colonial village nearby, a hidden port used by smugglers to trade gold, silver and slaves away from the tax collectors, is very quiet. I used to feel like I was in some time capsule in those days in the seventies, everything seemed to be stand still, but the waves. There was never a crowd there, just a few surfers from Rio who knew the place and the right time to be there. It changed in the late seventies, when the government erected a huge atomic plant and built huge villages for the employes nearby. Now there are many local surfers and even localism. The place is not so quiet and magic as it used to be, but you can still enjoy it early in the morning of a good day, before the crowd arrives.

Perfct left - At the other side of the river,at the outside,there's a sand bank that provide us perfect barrels that local use to name it california due to its perfection when the swell comes in in more than 3ft size...but at these days crownd is constant that you must be very carefull for not to go home hurt or hurt anybody...

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